Issue nine introduces us to a tongue-in-cheek tale of the Jersey
Devil of 2135. A global catastrophe has left a world of crossbows and robots, super
computers and feudal lords, radioactive mutants and artificially created humans."
Juan Three is a genetically engineered being (part bat, ram, human and cat) created by the
Dream Machine, a cybernetically enhanced computer created by the SJR company
to give it a competitive edge in the bioentertainment business. Civilization is in a
shambles now but the DM still wants credits and sends its genetically engineered tax
collectors out to get them by any means necessary.

After discovering that he is soon to be replaced by a
smarter, prettier tax collector Juan Three decides he needs friends now that he wont
have the DM looking out for his needs. Of course, thats easier said than done
because all of the taxpayers are afraid of him. Juan stumbles upon an old
comic shop and not being too bright he decides to win friends and influence people by
fighting baddies as the Jersey Devil.

The story ends up being fun and a nice break from the
usually grim Jersey Devil stories. I look forward to reading another JD of 2135 one-shot
in the future.

Issue ten is entitled The Flim Flam Man and
gives us Tony DiGerolamos version of the Great Jersey Devil Hoax of 1909. The hoax
was perpetrated by a press agent for a dime museum of oddities much like P.T. Barnum ran.
In DiGerolamos story the T.F. Hopkins 9th and Arch Museum is in danger of closing
and Norman Jeffries must come up with an act that will pack the house. Jeffries and the
animal trainer for the museum, Jacob Hope, come up with their own version of the Jersey
(or Leeds) Devil in the form of a kangaroo painted and decorated to look like a creature
out of myth.

Tony DiGerolamo sprinkles samples of headlines from the
time throughout the story which gives the reader an interesting historical overview of the
hysteria surrounding the sightings. Norman Jeffries and his long-suffering accomplice,
Jacob are a perfect team and their attempts to pull off the capture of the Jersey Devil
make this issue another entertaining romp through the world of the Jersey Devil.

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